Midnight Cry, The by Nichol, Francis D

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This work gives a detailed history and defense of the Advent Movement of the 1840's known as Millerism, the movement from which the Seventh-day Adventist denomination sprang. The book is based on original sources, William Miller's correspondence, contemporaneous books, pamphlets, journals, newspapers.

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This work gives a detailed history and defense of the Advent Movement of the 1840's known as Millerism, the movement from which the Seventh-day Adventist denomination sprang. The book is based on original sources, William Miller's correspondence, contemporaneous books, pamphlets, journals, newspapers. The first half is devoted to the history of the movement, and the second half to an examination of charges made against the Advent believers, such as that they wore ascension robes, that the Millerite preaching filled the asylums, and so forth.

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Author

Nichol, Francis D

Publisher

Review & Herald Publishing Association

Pages

560

Edition

1st

Binding

Hard Back

Condition

B

Dustjacket

No

Table of Contents

From the Author to the Reader of This BookFrom Cradle to Army CampFrom Doubt to FaithFrom Farmer to PreacherLaying the Groundwork of the MovementMillerism Spreads to the Great CitiesThe Movement Takes Definite ShapeThe First Millerite Camp MeetingThe Great Tent is RaisedInterest and Opposition IncreaseThe Year of the End of the WorldThe First DisappointmentThe Millerite Leaders—Courageous IndividualistsOther Millerite Spokesman"Behold the Bridegroom Cometh"Hastening on to the ClimaxThe Great Day of HopeThe Great DisappointmentConfident in DefeatThe Movement Called Millerism Draws to Its CloseThe Kind of World in Which Millerism FlourishedDid the Millerites Indulge in Fanatical PracticesWas Fanaticism Rampant in October, 1844?Did Millerism Cause Insanity, Suicide, and Murder?Old Asylum Records Offer Further TestimonyDid the Millerites Wear Ascension Robes?Tracing the Robe Story Through the YearsThe Robe Story in Twentieth Century DressDid the Millerites Set Forth Strange, New Beliefs?Did the Advent Faith Miller Kindled, Die with Him?The Case for the Defense Summed UpAcknowledgmentsAppendicesBibliographyIndex